Question

A 2021 TIME magazine report claims a famine on this island was the first in modern history to be caused by global warming alone. This island is home (15[1])to the destructive tavy (“tay-vee”) method of agriculture. Captain Kidd's ship Adventure Galley was sunk near this larger island, and a “pirate graveyard” is located on the outlying Ile Sainte-Marie. This island is home to vulnerable species such as Meller's Duck and the (*) fossa (10[3])(“foo-suh”) which may have (10[2])“rafted” to this island. (10[1])Lake Alaotra is known as this island's “granary,” for its huge rice paddies. The Merina people are this country's largest ethnic group, (10[1])which speaks the westernmost Austronesian language: Malagasy. For 10 points, name this Lemur-infested island off the Eastern coast of Africa, governed from Antananarivo. ■END■

ANSWER: Madagascar
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John BentonOhio State CChicago D2715
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Braden BoothMissouriChicago C7310
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2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y4100%50%25%71.75
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y1100%0%0%89.00
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y8100%13%0%69.88